Competency: Advanced Knowledge

Whether you want to practice a new language or just speak in your native language, this event is for you! We will meet on zoom with a general meeting room and break out rooms for different languages. The rules are simple: ​1. Have fun! 2. Practice your beloved…

Gain insights into the mechanisms of academic hiring, and use the perspective to strengthen your chances for success while you are on the job market.  This broad overview will focus on helping you prepare for your faculty job search, and provide practical suggestions and resources to support your efforts. Learn…

The Training in Advanced Data Analytics for Behavioral and Social Sciences (TADA-BSSR) Webinar Series is a virtual lecture series that covers advanced data analytics and data science underlying modern behavioral and social sciences research, with presentations from experts showing the basics of data management, representation,…

BIDS ImageXD convenes researchers, scientists, and theorists (of all learning levels) who work with images as a primary source of data, to learn about the latest developments in a variety of fields and to promote interdisciplinary collaboration. This year’s event will feature a 2-day program of distinguished speakers and presentations. All…

Need to record asynchronous lecture content to provide to your students? Not sure what to use or how to get started? In this workshop, you’ll learn about the various tools (including Zoom and Kaltura Capture) you can use, and understand the pros and cons of each. You’ll leave knowing how…

Toast of Berkeley was established in 2009 to foster a community of people interested in becoming more confident and effective public speakers and leaders. We have created a loyal following of students, educators, and professionals with diverse backgrounds from all over the world. We welcome everyone. Whether English is or isn’t your first language, if you…

Do you have data, but struggle to communicate it to a broader audience? Are looking for a space to embrace your creative side after a long, tough semester? The Data Science by Design (DSxD) Creator Conference is just the thing for you!   Berkeley’s…

Qualtrics is a powerful online tool available to Berkeley community members that can be used for a range of data collection activities.  Primarily, Qualtrics is designed to make web surveys easy to write, test, and implement, but the software can be used for data entry, training, quality control,…

This four-part, interactive workshop series is your complete introduction to programming Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. By the end of the series, you will be able to apply your knowledge of basic principles of programming and data manipulation to a real-world social science application.

Data are the foundations of the social and biological sciences. Familiarizing yourself with a programming language can help you better understand the roles that data play in your field. Learn to develop and train your data skills for free at our R workshops! The D-Lab’s R Fundamentals workshop…

See organizers’ website for details Mike Holmes is CSO of Ambys Medicines, a Bay Area company pioneering the novel application of cell and gene therapies to reverse liver disease progression and restore liver function. Prior to Ambys, Mike worked at Sangamo, most recently as its senior vice president…

See organizers’ website for details Overview  A brief history of ANNs (Artificial Neural Networks) and an explanation of the intuition behind them. This part aims to give the audience a conceptual understanding with few mathematical barriers, and no programming requirements. Step-by-step construction of a very…

See organizers’ website for details This workshop introduces the basic concepts of Deep Learning – the training and performance evaluation of large neural networks, especially for image classification, natural language processing, and time-series data. Like many other machine learning algorithms, we will use deep learning algorithms to map…

See organizers’ website for details Machine learning often evokes images of Skynet, self-driving cars, and computerized homes. However, these ideas are less science fiction as they are tangible phenomena that are predicated on description, classification, prediction, and pattern recognition in data. To social scientists, such methods might be…

See organizers’ website for details In this workshop, Digital Learning Services staff will share the top tips we’ve gleaned from our combined decades of experience supporting faculty and instructors with DIY media content. We’ll cover everything from setting up your recording space to utilizing free tools and resources…